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Two sisters traveling the worldMon, 19 Feb 2018 11:49:39 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.5Nomads of Namibia – Sleeping in the oldest desert of the world!https://www.nomadsoflife.com/sleeping-oldest-desert-world/
https://www.nomadsoflife.com/sleeping-oldest-desert-world/#respondMon, 19 Feb 2018 11:47:35 +0000https://www.nomadsoflife.com/?p=1523Now that we have finished an amazing itinerary with Nomad Adventure Tour through 5 African countries, it is time to travel further with just the two of us. We have arrived in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, and rented a car at Bidvest Car Rentals for three weeks. As Namibia is quite big, and there […]

]]>Now that we have finished an amazing itinerary with Nomad Adventure Tour through 5 African countries, it is time to travel further with just the two of us. We have arrived in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, and rented a car at Bidvest Car Rentals for three weeks. As Namibia is quite big, and there is lots to see, we think that traveling by car is the best option. You will have the freedom to just drive to any place you like and the roads are pretty good! We rented a 4×4 Renault Duster. It is not a MUST to have a 4×4 vehicle, however, it will be much easier to get out of the desert in case you are stuck in the sand.

The first trip we did was from Windhoek to Swakopmund, a small city next to the Atlantic ocean. The landscapes you will see while driving are breath-taking, and would be a reason alone to travel to Namibia! Swakopmund is a nice place to unwind and enjoy the beautiful nature and relaxed-vibes. It is also a good place to drive to Spitzkoppe, as it will only take you about 1 hour and 45 min. Spitzkoppe is a MUST SEE when visiting Namibia, it is a natural wonder in the middle of the desert, and consists out of a group of bald granite peaks and they are more than 120 MILLION years old!

Talking about natural wonders; one of the most unique and best experiences in Namibia, was to sleep in the OLDEST desert of the world. We stayed two nights at the Gondwana Desert Collection, one night in their Dune Star Camp and the following night in one of their desert lodges.
The Dune star camp is really a once-in-a-lifetime experience, you will have a private cabin with your own veranda. There is a queen-size bed inside the cabin, but the exciting part is that you will be able to wheel out the bed to the veranda, so you can sleep right under the stars!
The bed was really comfortable, however, we didn’t sleep that long as we couldn’t stop staring at the amazing view we had. The next morning we were picked up by their staff to have breakfast at the restaurant area where the other desert lodges are located as well. It is really good to have an extra night in their desert lodge, as you will have the full day to relax and take a refreshing swim in their pool. Gondwana has accommodation through the entire country, you will find more information on their website.

The Gondwana Desert collection is closely located to a place called Solitaire, this place is known for its famous apple-crumble pie. So when traveling through this area, you must have a pit stop at Moose McGregor Desert Bakery to get their famous apple crumble. From this area you can travel back to Windhoek, to Swakopmund, or you can drive more south towards the Fish river Canyon. Unfortunately, we didn’t had enough time to travel more south so we decided to go up north again.

]]>https://www.nomadsoflife.com/sleeping-oldest-desert-world/feed/0Traveling to Zanzibar – Delve into the Swahili culturehttps://www.nomadsoflife.com/the-zanzibar-culture/
https://www.nomadsoflife.com/the-zanzibar-culture/#respondFri, 16 Feb 2018 13:14:57 +0000https://www.nomadsoflife.com/?p=1500The Christmas days were over and we felt so excited to finally start our world trip. Of course leaving your family and friends behind is not always easy, but this is all part of chasing our biggest dream. The first destination was Zanzibar, Tanzania. The minute we arrived at our accommodation, we immediately felt at […]

]]>The Christmas days were over and we felt so excited to finally start our world trip. Of course leaving your family and friends behind is not always easy, but this is all part of chasing our biggest dream.

The first destination was Zanzibar, Tanzania. The minute we arrived at our accommodation, we immediately felt at home. As we had such a great time, we would like to share our story on how you can have the best local experience yourself while traveling to Zanzibar.

Where to stay?We were staying in Jambiani, which is an authentic fisherman’s village in the south-eastern part of Zanzibar. While many people know Zanzibar as a bounty island with many resorts, Jambiani is actually quite “undiscovered” compared to the most touristic place called Nungwi, in the north of Zanzibar. So, in order to get the best local experience, we definitely recommend to stay in Jambiani.

When traveling, delving into the cultures is what really excites us. For this reason, we stayed at a local family house called: Mau’s place. Mau is a very friendly guy that has a passion for making tourists part of his family. Mau brought us in contact with his friends, that soon became our friends as well. Every day, they brought us to places that we would have never discovered ourselves.

Staying at Mau’s place is very affordable as well. We paid around 18 USD a night for two persons. It is incredible what is being offered for this small amount of money. Every morning a delicious fresh breakfast was prepared. The breakfast included a glass of fresh juice, tropical fruits, omelette, toast and chapatti. Mau wanted us to experience the local food for dinner. So lucky for us, we had the pleasure to cook with him and his family. We can’t wait to prepare these delicious meals for our friends and family back home!

Besides this amazing family house, there are options to stay in resorts/hotels as well in Jambiani. However, staying in resorts will never give you the great local experience that you will get when staying with Mau.

The best food and where to get it?The Swahili kitchen is a very diverse one. It has lots of Arabic, Indian and English influences, this is all because of the island’s rich history. If you are in for a quick and cheap meal, you can find lots of small BBQ restaurants. Here they grill delicious marinated chicken skewers and serve them with salad and fresh chips mixed with a mango-chili sauce. This will only cost you around 1,50 USD per portion (including a fresh pineapple-mint juice!). Trust us, if you are a chicken lover, you should really try these skewers instead of the ones being served in the more touristic restaurants. The best BBQ-stands can be found in the village around the main road and not at the beach.

The food we loved the most was the food that we prepared together with our local friends. We have tasted amazing meals with the most fresh fish you can ever imagine. Every day around 4/5 pm, the fisher boats will come back to the island with their catch of the day. As everybody wants to have the best fish, you have to walk to the boats (a bit through the ocean as the boats have not reach the coast yet) in order to be one of the firsts to buy the fresh fish. The vegetables, potatoes, rice or cassava, can be bought in the local shops at the main road.
We have tried many different meals, and they were all so good so it is hard to say which one is our favourite. Our top 2 will be: Coconut rice with calamari in tomato sauce, and peanut and coconut crusted fish.

The coconut rice with Calamari in tomato sauce, was prepared at our friend Lukman’s place. We made this food without any electricity or gas as Lukman had a self-made stove in his garden. First we cooked the rice together with a fresh coconut, when the rice was finished, we placed an aluminium foil on the pan together with some burning coals. We left it there for about 30 minutes, this created a delicious crunchy crust on the rice. In the meantime we prepared the calamari in tomato sauce. All together it was such a delicious combination!

Our other favourite was peanut and coconut crusted fish. You will find the full recipe if you click on this link.

What to do in Zanzibar?
Zanzibar is suitable for any kind of tourist. It doesn’t matter if you are looking for a beach, active, or historical vacation – Zanzibar has it all. Below you will find some of our favourite activities:

Sailing: we went sailing on a traditional Dhow from Jambiani to Paje and back. A Dhow is officially an Arabic sailing boat, but you can find them anywhere in Zanzibar because of the Arabic influences on this island. Once sailing on the ocean, you really see how clear the water is. If you are lucky, you can even spot a dolphin! Fun fact: Burj al Arab, Dubai (the only 7-star hotel in the world) is built like a Dhow.

Kuza Cave: this beautiful and historical cave was formed about 250.000 years ago by thousands of years of water erosion. The cave itself has a very interesting history: the first people on this entire earth were found in Tanzania/Kenya. This results in very interesting findings in the cave. Back in the day this cave was used to held parties. These parties was not only to have fun with each other, but mostly to share information about technology. For example: how to create the best/sharpest knife from a stone. Today, the cave is accessible for anybody who is interested to see this beautiful creature. It is also possible to swim in the cave, people say the water is healing, so it is definitely worth a try!

Travel by scooter, car or public transport to the unknown places.
We have visited a small place called Mtende. It was indescribable beautiful, and very unknown under the tourist. We have actually seen only two other (local) persons – in total. You can have a walk at the beach, have a swim, or climb the rocks.

Visit Stone Town: Stone Town is a very old city, and has lots of history as well. We both prefer the relaxed vibes in Jambiani more than this quite hectic city, but it is worth a visit as the buildings are very impressive. In Stone Town you can also visit the old slave market, which is really imposing to see.

]]>https://www.nomadsoflife.com/the-zanzibar-culture/feed/0How to prepare the most delicious recipe from Zanzibarhttps://www.nomadsoflife.com/fish-recipe-from-zanzibar/
https://www.nomadsoflife.com/fish-recipe-from-zanzibar/#respondFri, 16 Feb 2018 13:06:00 +0000https://www.nomadsoflife.com/?p=1498Food plays an important role in the Swahili culture, and so that was one of the first matches we had with Zanzibar. In our article about our stay in Zanzibar (click here for reading), you can read that we had the chance to prepare delicious food with our new friends. One of our favourite meals […]

]]>Food plays an important role in the Swahili culture, and so that was one of the first matches we had with Zanzibar. In our article about our stay in Zanzibar (click here for reading), you can read that we had the chance to prepare delicious food with our new friends. One of our favourite meals was Coconut and Peanut crusted fish. The combination of a crispy salty peanut crust together with soft white fish is just simply amazing. The same goes for the coconut crusted fish, this will give you a bit more tropical vibe. This recipe is very simple to make so that is even more worth the try! You can eat this fish together with rice and some vegetables of your own choice. Please find this delicious recipe below!

Ingredients for 4 servings:

4 eggs

Flour

Oil

Peanuts (unsalted)

2 Coconuts

2 Limes

Small glass of water

Pepper

salt

8 pieces of white fish (to your own taste)

How to prepare it:
1. If your fish is not filleted yet, you should do it first.
2. Take a small bowl, put some oil together with the lime juice, water, pepper and salt (to your own taste). Mix well and put the filleted fish into the bowl and leave it for about 30 minutes.
3. Crush/chop all the peanuts roughly. The smaller the pieces of peanuts are, the easier it will be to put it on the fish.
4. Crush the coconut if you have a fresh one. As fresh coconuts could be hard to get in Europe/North-America it will probably be a lot easier to just buy the dried version – this will do as well.
5. Mix the eggs in a bowl
6. Put some flower in a bowl
7. Take one piece of the fish, put it in the mixed eggs, then flower, then the mixed eggs again.
8. Put the fish in either the coconut mix or peanut mix. Press the peanuts or coconut crush into the fish and make sure it doesn’t fall off.
9. Repeat this with the rest of the fish; you will have 4 fished with a coconut crust and 4 fishes with a peanut crust.
10. Take pan, put some oil into the pan and fry the fish until they are golden brown on each side.
11. Serve with rice and vegetables or anything you like.
12. Enjoy!! You will definitely love this, it is easy, simple and so good!

]]>https://www.nomadsoflife.com/fish-recipe-from-zanzibar/feed/0Africa: How to travel through world’s second largest continent?https://www.nomadsoflife.com/final-itinerary-africa/
https://www.nomadsoflife.com/final-itinerary-africa/#respondSun, 17 Dec 2017 14:56:49 +0000https://www.nomadsoflife.com/?p=1472Our world trip will start in 1,5 weeks and we can’t be more excited! Especially now that we have made the itinerary through Africa very concrete. Africa is the first continent we will visit and together with Kukummi Safaris, Nomad Tours, and Bidvest we have created the most epic tour through this beautiful continent. Africa is […]

]]>Our world trip will start in 1,5 weeks and we can’t be more excited! Especially now that we have made the itinerary through Africa very concrete. Africa is the first continent we will visit and together with Kukummi Safaris, Nomad Tours, and Bidvest we have created the most epic tour through this beautiful continent.

Africa is the second largest continent on earth, and we would be so lost without the help of Kukummi safaris. We would not be able to make this amazing route happen without them. Below you will find a sneak-peek of what the itinerary looks like and some of the highlights of this tour!

After spending Christmas with the family, we will fly to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. We will stay there for 1 night, and the next day we will leave the mainland and take a ferry to Zanzibar. Here we will celebrate New Years Eve (could be worse, right? ). After spending some days on this spice island, and getting to know more about the interesting culture and history, we will go back to the mainland. Here is where we will start the tour together with Nomad Tours and Kukummi Safaris.

From Dar es Salaam, we will travel to the highland region of Mikumi National Park, from there we will go to a country which is known as the warm heart of Africa, Malawi. We will spend some days at Lake Malawi, which has by the way a surface of more than 29.000 km2. That means that this lake would cover about 75% of the Netherlands! From Malawi we will travel to Zambia and from there to one of the Seven Wonders of the World: the Victoria Falls.

To get a clear overview, you can find this part of the itinerary below:

Now, we will continue the journey and will travel to Chobe National Park, Botswana. Here we can experience a beautiful African sunset at the Chobe river. In Botswana, we will also explore the most unique wilderness areas, called: the Okavango Delta – the largest delta of the world.
After some days, we will cross the Namibian border and will go to Windhoek.

Nomad Africa Adventures has created a map for this part of our journey as well, see below!

In Windhoek we will rent a car at Bidvest for just the two of us. We will cross one of the oldest deserts of the world and will see how the desert meets the wild ocean. From Namibia we will drive south to Cape Town, South Africa. More information about this part will be posted shortly!

What do you think of the tour so far, and how would you plan your journey through Africa?

]]>https://www.nomadsoflife.com/final-itinerary-africa/feed/0Miracle trees, rose water, and a daily scrub – Revealing beauty traditions from Zanzibar!https://www.nomadsoflife.com/beauty-rituals-zanzibar/
https://www.nomadsoflife.com/beauty-rituals-zanzibar/#respondTue, 21 Nov 2017 15:09:30 +0000https://www.nomadsoflife.com/?p=1445We find it so interesting to see that each country has its own perception of beauty. As Zanzibar is the first island that we will visit during our world trip, we already wanted to look for rituals that play an important part in the Swahili culture. We found an article on Around the Globe, that […]

]]>We find it so interesting to see that each country has its own perception of beauty. As Zanzibar is the first island that we will visit during our world trip, we already wanted to look for rituals that play an important part in the Swahili culture.

We found an article on Around the Globe, that informed us about some interesting beauty rituals from Zanzibar! Please find them listed below:

A wedding ritual – In Zanzibar, Tanzania, the bride-to-be will follow the “Singo” ritual for a full week prior the actual wedding. A Singo is a body scrub for the skin, made out of natural products only, such as:

Fresh jasmine flowers

Ylang Ylang (a plant with bright yellow flowers)

Rose Petals

Sandal wood

All the above ingredients should be mixed with rose water. Once all the ingredients are combined, it will be put all together in a traditional “Kinu” which is a sort of blender. The Singo will be put on the women’s skin when she is laying on a Mkeka (traditional mat), and will be repeated for days until the skin feels renewed and silky. The reason why the women’s skin should feel so soft is not to become more attractive to her husband-to-be. It is actually to leave the skin prime for the perfect application of henna!
Henna is a natural dye, used for body decoration, originated in Arabic cultures as a cooling technique for the hands and feet. The pretty painting is considered majorly important for brides. The henna should actually be just as impressive as the wedding dress itself.

Khanga –Traditional cotton clothes that are bright and colorful. Some say that this is really the pride of Swahili women. The patterns of the Khanga fabrics are all about love, culture, relationships and personal feelings. Each piece will tell you a different and personal story.

Moringa Oil – This oil comes from the miracle tree Nebeday, and originally means: never die. This treasure from nature used for the anti-aging of the skin, and it will mainly fade wrinkles. However, some women also use it against acne, dark spots, and blackheads. And as if that’s not enough, people say the oil is also capable to heal the split ends of hair. Moringa oil contains lots of vitamins and minerals which could even make your hair stronger. I mean, getting to try this oil would already be a good reason to travel all the way to Zanzibar, right!

Udi –Udi is used to fragrance the homes, and clothes. Originally, the word Udi comes from “oud” which is Arabic for tree. How it is made, is quite hard to tell as Swahili women tend to keep this a secret. However, the basis is made out of caramelized sugar mixed mixed with small pieces of agar or aloe wood, rose water, and perfume.

There are many other traditions and rituals in each country, and we can’t wait to discover them!
Once we are in Zanzibar, we would really like to try the Moringa Oil, and we will definitely tell you what it did for our skin and hair.

What is your favorite tradition? Or do you have a personal ritual that you would like to share, please feel free as we LOVE to read your stories!

]]>https://www.nomadsoflife.com/beauty-rituals-zanzibar/feed/0Planning a world trip – how many countries can you visit in a year?https://www.nomadsoflife.com/our-world-trip-plan/
https://www.nomadsoflife.com/our-world-trip-plan/#respondSat, 07 Oct 2017 14:14:23 +0000https://www.nomadsoflife.com/?p=1171When we decided to make our dream reality, we had to think about how long we are going to travel. We gave ourselves a year minimum. Even though going on a world trip for minimum a year sounds like a long period, it is actually pretty short if you want to visit so many countries. […]

]]>When we decided to make our dream reality, we had to think about how long we are going to travel. We gave ourselves a year minimum. Even though going on a world trip for minimum a year sounds like a long period, it is actually pretty short if you want to visit so many countries.

We aim to see as much as possible of the world, and we have spent so many days looking at the map picking countries that we NEED to see. At the end of the day we had 55 countries on our bucket list. This basically means you will have less than a week to spend in each country – so consequently, we had to remove A LOT.

We came to the final conclusion that we want to start of our world trip in Tanzania, Africa. There is not a particular reason why we will start there. Maybe because it is completely unknown soil for us, and why make it easy if you can throw yourself in at the deep end right? ;-). Anyways, after Tanzania, Namibia and South-Africa are definitely noted on our MUST-SEE list. From Capetown we are planning to fly to South-America. From there we will go all the way up north to the U.S.A. and then Australia and Asia will follow. We will most probably end our journey in the Middle-East.

To give you a clear overview, you can find our MUST-SEE list below:

Africa: Tanzania, Namibia, and South-Africa

South-America: Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Colombia

Central-America: Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico

USA

Australia

Asia: Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam

Middle-East: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Iran

This is what we have planned for now. But as we are both quite open for the unexpected, the route might change during the year.

We will highlight the most beautiful (hidden) places we visit during our world trip, and will share our findings of each culture on our blog!
Have you ever been in the above mentioned countries, or do you feel like we NEED to go to your favorite destination? Please feel free to share your experiences or any tips you might have.

]]>https://www.nomadsoflife.com/our-world-trip-plan/feed/0Unfolding ancient rituals – How can we benefit from them in modern life?https://www.nomadsoflife.com/nomads-of-rituals-posts/
https://www.nomadsoflife.com/nomads-of-rituals-posts/#respondSat, 07 Oct 2017 13:56:53 +0000https://www.nomadsoflife.com/?p=1144Rituals are an important part of each culture. Especially in key aspects in life such as beauty, love, life wisdom and celebrations. Our fascination for rituals mostly has to do with the mystical ambiance around them. We find it very interesting how some very old rituals, still can play an important role in life. Especially millennials […]

]]>Rituals are an important part of each culture. Especially in key aspects in life such as beauty, love, lifewisdom and celebrations.

Our fascination for rituals mostly has to do with the mystical ambiance around them. We find it very interesting how some very old rituals, still can play an important role in life. Especially millennials are becoming more interested in mindfulness, because of the rushed world we live in. Mindfulness is approximately 2500 years old, originally called ‘Vipassana’, which means to see things how they actually are. It seems like we are rediscovering ancient wisdom and rituals. This is not so suprising, as the need for rituals is said to be a basic human instinct, just as our need for food, shelter and love.

We can’t wait to discover the most beautiful rituals during our world trip, and learn how we can benefit from them in modern life.

Our journey will start in Tanzania, an African country with lots of rituals to explore. If you are curious about what we will find out about the Tanzanian Rituals, then follow Nomads of Life.

If you have any rituals that you would like to share with us, feel free to comment below.

]]>https://www.nomadsoflife.com/nomads-of-rituals-posts/feed/0When stories travel – Meeting people from all over the world.https://www.nomadsoflife.com/nomads-of-today-stories/
https://www.nomadsoflife.com/nomads-of-today-stories/#respondSat, 07 Oct 2017 13:13:26 +0000https://www.nomadsoflife.com/?p=1138One of the best things about traveling the world, is meeting new people and hearing their stories. We have always been very interested in getting to know people from all walks of life. And within the category Nomads of Today we will share unique stories of the people we meet along the way. As little […]

]]>One of the best things about traveling the world, is meeting new people and hearing their stories. We have always been very interested in getting to know people from all walks of life. And within the category Nomads of Today we will share unique stories of the people we meet along the way.

As little kids we remember going on a vacation in the beautiful Italy with our parents. We rented an authentic Italian house, located on the high plains of Umbria. Our father was friends with Rinus Blomsteel, a Rotterdam painter. He has always been quite fascinating to us because of his interesting stories. He really lived his life from day to day. Sometimes he was quite stable and could live by the earnings of his work, but he got bored fast because of his wispy behavior. From time to time he was homeless and we didn’t hear anything from him for months. Then all of a sudden he could emerge with an invitation for his new exposition, with the most colorful paintings.

He told us how he got robbed along the way and had to sleep on benches in parks because he ran out of money.

Rinus went to Italy by a small folding bike all the way from the Netherlands, to get inspiration for his new paintings. Along the way he sold paintings to buy some food. He arrived in Italy around the same time as we did, and decided to stay with us for a couple of days. One night we were all sitting in the huge garden around the bonfire. My father was cooking a delicious meal in the stone oven, while Rinus was entertaining us with his wonderful stories. He told us how he learned to paint, and how he randomly asked the well known painter, Willem de Kooning, to be his teacher. His trip to Italy was full of adventures, from getting robbed along the way to sleeping on benches in parks because he ran out of money. All of that didn’t stop him from continuing his journey to seek inspiration for new paintings. We think our parents were very happy with his visit, because we have never been so quiet and such great listeners around the age of 11 and 9 ;-).

We believe that everyone has a unique story that will make everyone quiet. During our world trip we want to gather those stories. From meeting people of tribes, to getting to know the citizens of New York. We want to find out everything about their culture, how they live their life and what dreams they have.

With Nomads of Today we want to re-create those inspiring Italian bonfire moments, by sharing the most wonderful stories with you.

]]>https://www.nomadsoflife.com/nomads-of-today-stories/feed/0Can we serve you a taste of the world?https://www.nomadsoflife.com/nomads-of-food-posts/
https://www.nomadsoflife.com/nomads-of-food-posts/#respondSat, 07 Oct 2017 12:11:04 +0000https://www.nomadsoflife.com/?p=1098Growing up in a family where food always was (and still is) the center of attention, it is not a big surprise that a passion for cooking and tasting has been developed. We LOVE to try new dishes from each and every country. It is amazing how a combination of ingredients can create such a […]

]]>Growing up in a family where food always was (and still is) the center of attention, it is not a big surprise that a passion for cooking and tasting has been developed. We LOVE to try new dishes from each and every country. It is amazing how a combination of ingredients can create such a huge explotion of happiness in your mouth. We have only tasted a small portion, compared to what world’s cuisine has to offer, so we really see our world trip as an opportunity to gain more knowledge about the most amazing creature on earth: food!

Our goal is to explore the local cuisine of each country we visit and to create and re-create these stunning food discoveries ourselves. We want to get to know the culture behind food.

Our goal is to explore the local cuisine of each country we visit and to create and re-create these stunning food discoveries ourselves. We want to get to know the culture behind food. Each country in the world has its own specialties and we can’t wait to discover and try them out ourselves during our trip around the world. Our heart just skips a beat by only thinking about the idea that we are marinating a fresh caught fish out of the clear blue ocean. The smell of the fresh herbs and spices, the smoke from the barbecue, the relaxed vibes and a breathtaking sunset. Yep folks, that is one of the many things we will spend our day with, for the upcoming year.

Of course, we don’t want you to miss out on any of this, so we have created the category; Nomads of Food. With Nomads of Food we will share the most appetizing dishes with you. Besides, we will also post cooking video’s of local chefs preparing the best food. To make it even more excited, we will post video’s of US creating and re-creating the most mouth-watering recipes! No, just kidding. We are not that full of ourselves, but we will try our best to show you our inner Jamie Oliver and explain step-by-step how to prepare delicious local dishes all by yourself.

The first country we will visit is Tanzania, so if you have ever been there or have experienced the local cuisine, we would be thrilled to get a heads up about any MUST tries! Or if you have any other recommendations to try certain food in certain countries, please feel free to comment your tips below.

]]>https://www.nomadsoflife.com/nomads-of-food-posts/feed/0From dream to reality – Follow our journeyhttps://www.nomadsoflife.com/our-journey-posts/
https://www.nomadsoflife.com/our-journey-posts/#respondSat, 07 Oct 2017 11:57:55 +0000https://www.nomadsoflife.com/?p=1095As you are now reading this article, you are most probably aware that by the end of December ’17 we are going to make a very special trip around the world together, for a year minimum. Again, together for a year… Nah, just kidding, we love eachother ;-). Well, if you didn’t knew about this, […]

]]>As you are now reading this article, you are most probably aware that by the end of December ’17 we are going to make a very special trip around the world together, for a year minimum. Again, together for a year… Nah, just kidding, we love eachother ;-). Well, if you didn’t knew about this, we will explain our journey a bit further. We are two sisters from the Netherlands and we both quit our fulltime job to travel the world together.

Ever since we were kids, we always wanted to make a trip around the world. Explore other countries, meet new people, and try new food, that’s what excites us! As this dream is quite big, and takes lots of time and money as well, when do you make a reality of it?
After we got gratuaded from university, we both got the opportunity to work for interesting companies. We decided to postpone our dream and to start working on our career first. After a while, we were having a class of wine at our balcony, and we talked about our dreams and goals. At that moment we realized we needed to make a concrete plan, before our dream will just be a dream forever. Our journey will start by the end of December 2017, no matter what.

This trip will be a once in a lifetime opportunity, and we therefore want to ensure to get the best out of it. We don’t want to see nice beaches and get a pretty tan only. It actually excites us more to get to know the culture of each country that we visit. We have therefore created Nomads of Life, a blog where we can share our adventures. As there are so many aspects and different sides of each culture, we decided to focus on our favorite parts:

By following Nomads of Life, you can skip away from daily routines and sparkle your senses by the beauty of each culture.

We are counting down the days (6 weeks left, yeey!!) and we are super excited to share our world trip preparations with you in the meantime. Hopefully they can be helpful if you are preparing a trip yourself as well.